# YT Caption Saver

> Save captions from YouTube videos as SRT or plain text.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-caption-saver](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-caption-saver)

## Overview

- **ID:** `yt-caption-saver`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Telida
- **Category:** download-management,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 51
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Version:** 0.1.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-01
- **First published:** 2026-03-26
- **Size:** 35 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-caption-saver/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/telidoid/yt-caption-saver](https://github.com/telidoid/yt-caption-saver)

## Description

YT Caption Saver lets you download subtitles from any YouTube video directly in your browser — no external tools or websites required.         

Features:                                                                                                                                  
  - Download buttons appear automatically below every YouTube video                                                                            
  - Supports all available subtitle tracks, including auto-generated captions                                                                  
  - Save as SRT (with timestamps) or plain TXT (text only)                 
  - Works with any language available on the video                                                                                               

How to use:                                                                                                                                  
  1. Open any YouTube video                                                                                                                    
  2. Subtitle download links appear below the video title                                                                                      
  3. Click a language to download, or use the extension popup for format

Source code: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/e13f84f15c70985c63c3b442998c2eeb13da80af13f06f2b121357de6214bf47/https%3A//github.com/telidoid/yt-caption-saver" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/telidoid/yt-caption-saver</a>

## Rankings

- #16,082 — Overall
- #79 — options

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `webRequest`
- `webNavigation`
- `storage`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-caption-saver)